Fall 2009 (23.3) • Review
The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror by Manfred B. Steger
Faced with the political, economic, and social challenges of a globalized planet, are we bereft of any coherent political guideposts or do we still possess ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Review
What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It by Thomas G. Weiss
Drawing on his own UN experience and studying it from outside, Weiss clears away a lot of the debris of superficial critiques to uncover the ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Review
On Torture Edited by Thomas C. Hilde
This edited collection is an excellent addition to the literature on the torture policy of the Bush administration during its war on terror. The contributors ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth
Risse is concerned with humanity's common ownership of the earth, which has implications for a range of global problems. In particular, it helps illuminate the ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
Justice and the Convention on Biological Diversity
By legislating for a system of justice-in-exchange covering nonhuman biological resources in preference to a free-for-all situation, the Convention on Biological Diversity provides a small ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
Treaty Norms and Climate Change Mitigation
UNFCCC norms tightly constrain the range of acceptable agreements for the distribution of burdens to mitigate climate change, restricting us to two viable guiding principles: ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Essay
Pious Words, Puny Deeds: The "International Community" and Mass Atrocities [Full Text]
Most of the large-scale violence in the world will continue to occur within societies rather than between or among states. Yet the international community still ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Essay
More Money, Less Cure: Why Global Health Assistance Needs Restructuring
Is more money for global health always good news? No, argues Esser, who suggests that many of the problems that plague decision-making in global health ...
Online Exclusive • 07/22/2009 • Interview
EIA Interview: Alex Bellamy on the Responsibility to Protect
"This is just the beginning of the road for R2P," says Bellamy. "There are a lot of skeptics...but it is a principle that ...